Hip Hop legend KRS-One has all the time been an advocate and chief for the tradition. The Bronx native is hopeful about the way forward for Hip Hop and has a imaginative and prescient the place a transparent distinction is made between the tradition of Hip Hop and the music. Rolling out spoke with KRS-One about the way forward for Hip Hop and his ideas on C. Delores Tucker
What do you need to see from hip-hop within the subsequent 50 years?
For the following 50 years of Hip Hop I’d prefer to see Hip Hop spelled with a capital H. One of many main explanation why we’re being exploited is as a result of we’re being exploited as a music style. So long as Hip-Hop stays a music style spelled in decrease case you may exploit the style. You’ll be able to title it no matter you need, put its picture out any method you need. The minute you begin recognizing Hip Hop as the worldwide tradition that it’s already, all of that company exploitation goes to the aspect. You’ll be able to’t exploit a tradition, you may exploit a music style however you may’t exploit a tradition. Cultures have guidelines, legal guidelines, rules, precedents, customs, traditions that should be upheld or you’re defaming the tradition. You’re slandering our world title.
So we ask after August eleventh, after Hip Hop turns 50 that you simply start to spell Hip Hop as a correct noun. Capital H lowercase ip, area, capital H lowercase op. That’s the proper spelling of Hip Hop. If you happen to spell Hip Hop in lowercase you’re referring to the music style. If you’re referring to Hip Hop as tradition we’re asking that you simply give it the identical grammatical respect that you’d give any tradition.
Was C. Delores Tucker proper concerning the music?
No. I do know what the query implies. In respect to our mom, I’d say sure from an elders perspective she was proper. From a civil rights, Black Church, NAACP perspective she was proper. I’m articulate, delicate and educated about the best way she noticed it. So I give that respect. Plenty of my elders don’t agree with loads of what we’re about. However, I perceive why. So from an elders perspective I say sure. Now , was it progressive, was it efficient, was it delicate? No, no and no and that goes for Rosa Parks too who sued Outkast. The entire 60’s Civil Rights leaders appeared to have it in for us. The one three that I can say personally had our again by means of the entire 80’s, 90’s and now are Dr. Betty Shabazz, Minister Louis Farrakhan and Stokley Carmichael Kwame Toure my private instructor. From Kwame Toure’s standpoint she was unsuitable. From Malcom X’s standpoint she was unsuitable, from the Nation of Islams standpoint she was unsuitable. The rationale she was unsuitable is as a result of I exist.
